The little old woman and little old man who lived in a cottage near the river were hungry. The woman baked a gingerbread man who came to life and ran away. He taunted the old couple and other animals like a pig and horse not to eat him as he fled. Though faster than all, the gingerbread man could not outrun a fox. The fox tricked him into jumping on his tail and back to cross a river, but ate the gingerbread man once they reached the other side.

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3. Once upon a time, there were a little old woman and a
little old man who lived in a little cottage near
the river .The little old woman and the little
old man were hungry, so the little old woman decided
to bake a gingerbread man .She made a big batch of
gingerbread dough, then rolled it flat and cut it in the shape
of a gingerbread man . She gave him raisins for
eyes , a cinnamon drop for a mouth , and
chocolate chips for buttons . Then she put the gingerbread
man in the oven to bake.

4. When the gingerbread man was done, the little old
woman opened the oven door , but
before she could take him out, the gingerbread
man jumped up and ran through the
kitchen and out of the cottage
shouting, "Don't eat me!" The little old woman ran
after the gingerbread man ."Stop," she yelled. But
the gingerbread man ran even faster, chanting,
"Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm
the gingerbread man ."

5. The gingerbread man ran into the garden and
passed the little old man ."Stop," the little old
man called out, "I want to eat you." But the
gingerbread man ran even faster, chanting, "I've run
away from a little old woman , and I can run away
from you, I can. Run, run as fast as you can. You can't
catch me, I'm the gingerbread man ."
The little old man chased the gingerbread
man , followed by the little old woman . But
the gingerbread man ran too fast for them.

6. The gingerbread man ran through the yard
and passed a pig . "Stop," the pig snorted, "I
want to eat you." But the gingerbread man ran even
faster, chanting, "I've run from a little old woman
and a little old man , and I can run away from you, I
can. Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the
gingerbread man ."
The pig chased the gingerbread man ,
followed by the little old woman and the little old
man . But the gingerbread man ran too fast for
them.

7. The gingerbread man passed a cow by the
barn . "Stop," the cow mooed, "I want to
eat you." But the gingerbread man ran even faster,
chanting, "I've run from a little old woman and a
little old man and a pig , and I can run away
from you, I can. Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch
me, I'm the gingerbread man ."
The cow chased the gingerbread man ,
followed by the pig and the little old woman and
the little old man . But the gingerbread man ran too
fast for them.

8. The gingerbread man passed a horse in the field.
"Stop," the horse neighed, "I want to eat you." But
the gingerbread man ran even faster, chanting, "I've
run from a little old woman and a little old
man and a pig and a cow , and I can run
away from you, I can. Run, run as fast as you can. You can't
catch me, I'm the gingerbread man ." The
horse chased the gingerbread man , followed by the
cow , the pig , and the little old woman and
the little old man . But the gingerbread man ran
too fast for them.

9. Then the gingerbread man reached a wide river ,
but he didn't know how to swim. A sly and hungry fox
saw the gingerbread man and said, "Jump on my tail, and
I'll take you across the river !" The gingerbread man
thought to himself, "I'll be safe on his tail." So he jumped on
the fox's tail and they started across the river
. Halfway across the river , the fox
barked, "You're too heavy for my tail, jump on my back." So
the gingerbread man jumped on the fox's back.

10. Soon, the fox said, You're too heavy for my back,
jump onto my nose." So the gingerbread man jumped on
the fox's nose. But as soon as they reached the
riverbank, the fox flipped the gingerbread man
into the air, snapped his mouth shut, and ate the gingerbread
man .
And that was the end of the gingerbread man .
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13. 1.Where did the old woman and old man
live?
a. Castle
b. A house near the forest
c. Little cottage near the river
d. Town
2.Who bake the gingerbread man?
a. Old man
b. Old woman
c. Stranger
d. A lady
Direction: Multiple choice, choose the
correct answer in the following question. Write
your answer in your paper.

14. 3. When the gingerbread man ran through
the yard and passed a ____? The
gingerbread man saw a _____?
a. cow c. old man
b. horse d. pig
4. Who say’s these, “ I can run away from
you, I can. Run, run as fast as you can.
You can’t catch me.
a. gingerbread man c. chicken
b. fox d. cow
5. Who eat the gingerbread man?
a. horse c. old woman
b. fox d. cow

15. • Direction: From the story that we
have read “ The Gingerbread
Man”. Write a word that not
familiar to you. Then cut a
pictures that correspond to your
vocabulary word as the
meaning of the word.
• Put it in a short size of bond
paper.

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